Randolph Bourne Quotes


One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part.


Citations

Bourne, Randolph S. "The War and the Intellectuals." Untimely Papers, edited by James Oppenheim, B. W. Huebsch, 1919, p. 46.

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Randolph Bourne
Randolph Bourne
  • Born: May 30, 1886
  • Died: December 22, 1918
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Randolph Silliman Bourne was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. He is considered to be a spokesman for the young radicals living during World War I. His articles appeared in journals including The Seven Arts and The New Republic. Bourne is best known for his essays, especially his unfinished work "The State," discovered after he died. The essay is the source of the well-known phrase "war is the health of the state," by which Bourne lamented governments' success at arrogating authority and resources during conflicts.